Time

Event

Details

Admission

Sunday, May 3,
8:00 PM

The Book of Ruth

Numerous commentaries
have been written on the
Book of Ruth, a story that
poses questions regarding
love, social justice,
feminism, and joining the
Jewish People. In this
series we will try to
introduce additional
aspects to the stories of
Ruth, Naomi and Boaz.

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

First session

Ruth the Gatherer:

Representations of Ruth
in the Visual Arts
With: Dr. Ronit Steinberg

Monday, May 4,
5:00 PM

Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
A New Outfit for
the Moon

A New Outfit for the

Moon
A special performance for
the month of Iyar:
The moon demands a new
dress. Which tailor can
grant her request?
Geared to children age 4
8 years old
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran
Kraus

Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised

Monday, May 4,
8:00 PM

Wisdom of the
Sages 2015
Fourth session

As we study The Ethics of

the Fathers year after
year, we ask ourselves,
what is new?
Editor and Moderator:
Prof. Avigdor Shinan
Commentary and
Commentators on the
Ethics of the Fathers

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Advance
reservations are
advised.
The event will be
broadcast live on
the BEIT AVI
CHAI website

Guest: Rabbi Adin Even-

Israel Steinsaltz
Monday, May 4,
8:00 PM

Poetrys Gypsy
From the Valley
Train to Mea
Shearim: A
Tribute to Aza Zvi

Essayist and translator Aza

Entrance is free,
subject to
Zvi is one of the most
availability.
intriguing and intense figures Tickets may be
reserved in
of our time. With a lifelong
advanced.
distance from the center of
Israeli bohemia, she
translated and created
literary works for many
decades. We will host
translator and editor Helit
Yeshurun for a discussion
about Aza's life and work.

Monday, May 4,
8:30 PM

Romano and
Brurya: The
Beggars Comedy

The Jerusalem version of

Romeo and Juliet, a
moving and heartrending
tragedy.
Romano Romano, the son
of Alfa Romano, the King
of the Beggars of France
Square, falls in love with
Brurya Kaplano, a simple
beggar girl from the Pat
Junction, with the earthly
Jerusalem as their
playground.
All the citys beggars get
entangled in a thicket of
lies, plots, love, and
Bratslav CDs

Admission: 50
NIS. Students: 20
NIS

With: Orit Gal, Evyatar

Lichtenstadt, Eran Kraus,
and Gadi Weissbart
Music: Nadav Vikinsky
Tuesday, May 5,
9:00 PM

Arise and Let Us

Go Up to Zion
The Shivat Zion
Band in a Journey
to Their Roots

The Shivat Zion band

brings joy to the world
through reggae and music
influenced by the Balkans
and Eastern Europe.
Through their unique
music, a medley of prayer
and celebration (hafla),
they continue the
tradition of Rabbi Shlomo
Carlebach and the musical
heritage of Bob Marley, in
an especially refreshing
and joyful combination.

Admission: 40
NIS. Students: 20
NIS

Wednesday, May 6
8:00 PM

The philosophy of the

Zionist movement in the
early twentieth century
was influenced by Jewish
culture as well as by
surrounding cultures. New
Core Issues in Early Jewish approaches
Zionism and
thereby developed
Contemporary
alongside disagreements
Times
of the movements goals
and values.
First session
At each session in this
series we will introduce
two Zionist thinkers
holding differing views.
We will attempt to
understand, with the
wisdom of hindsight, what

Zionism
Takes on
Zionism

the core of their argument

was, how they expressed
their thinking in their
writings and works, and
what they have in common
with present-day Israeli
reality.

The Aristocrat and the

Nomad - Herzl and
Brenner
For Herzl and Brenner, the

question of the Jewish

Peoples continued
existence stood at the
center. How did they
propose to fight the
danger of the Jewish
People's disappearance,
and are their fears still
relevant today?
Guest: Muki Tzur,
researcher, educator,
member of Kibbutz Ein
Gev

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced.

Thursday, May 7,
3:00 PM, 5:00 PM

Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
A New Outfit for
the Moon

A New Outfit for the

Moon
A special performance for
the month of Iyar:
The moon demands a new
dress. Which tailor can
grant her request?
Geared to children age 4
8 years old

Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised

Director: Brachi Lifshitz

Thursday, May 7,
8:30 PM

A Cloud of Smoke
Covered the
Mountain
Eyal Sela and
Friends in a Special
Musical
Performance for
Lag BOmer and
the Rashbi

Thursday, May 7,
9:00 PM

Stand-Up Comedy
The Weekly Torah
Portion
Underground

Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran

Kraus
In celebrating the various
Lag BOmer events at Mt.
Meron and around the
country, Eyal Sela, an
international wind
instrument maestro, will
carry us away with him on
a musical voyage.
Together we will sail
among the piyutim, stories
and songs that are unique
to Rashbis celebration,
presented in new and
exceptional arrangements.
Sela will be joined by
some of Israels leading
musicians, among them
Rabbi David Menachem
the paytan, and pianist Avi
Adrian.
Gil Kopatch leads a team
of stand-up comedians as
they present the Torah
portion with their own
interpretations.
Parashat Bahar
With: Eli Haviv, Eli
Galperin, Michal Kirzon,
Uri Gottlieb

Admission: 50
NIS. Student: 20
NIS

Admission: 50
NIS. Student: 20
NIS

Sunday, May 10,

8:00 PM

The Book of Ruth

Second session

Numerous commentaries
have been written on the
Book of Ruth, a story that
poses questions regarding
love, social justice,
feminism, and joining the
Jewish People. In this
series we will try to
introduce additional
aspects to the stories of
Ruth, Naomi and Boaz.

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

Ruth and Naomi: Women

in the Chasm Between
Law and Society
With: Dr. Orit Kamir,
researcher and lecturer in
the fields of law, gender
and culture
Sunday, May 10,
8:30 PM

Kalabat Shabbat
with Jackie Levy

The Weekly Torah Portion

on its Head
Parashat Bchukatai A
Thin Line
Between the blessing and
the curse; optimism and
pessimism; and between
Pessach and Shavuot

Admission: 50
NIS. Student: 20
NIS

The event will be

broadcast live on
the BEIT AVI
CHAI website

With: Jackie Levy, Gadi

Weissbart, Eran Kraus,
Yair Lehman, Meir Pories,
and Nadav Vikinsky
Monday, May 11,
5:00 PM

Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
A New Outfit for
the Moon

A New Outfit for the

Moon
A special performance for
the month of Iyar:
The moon demands a new
dress. Which tailor can
grant her request?
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran
Kraus

Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised

Monday, May 11,

8:00 PM

Wisdom of the
Sages 2015
Fifth session

As we study The Ethics of

the Fathers year after
year, we ask ourselves,
what is new?
Editor and Moderator:
Prof. Avigdor Shinan
New Commentary on
The Ethics of the
Fathers

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Advance
reservations are
advised.
The event will be
broadcast live on
the BEIT AVI
CHAI website

Guest: Avirama Golan, writer

and reporter, Director of the
Bat-Yam Center for
Urbanism

Tuesday, May 12,

5:00 PM

Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
A New Outfit for
the Moon

A New Outfit for the

Moon
A special performance for
the month of Iyar:
The moon demands a new
dress. Which tailor can
grant her request?
Geared to children age 4
8 years old

Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised

Director: Brachi Lifshitz

Tuesday, May 12,

9:00 PM

Stories in Mono

Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran

Kraus
Songs and the Stories
Behind Them

Etti Ankri
The popular series,
moderated by Yoav
Kutner, returns. The
sessions will combine
personal stories,
discussions with the
audience, intimate shows
and special performances.
With: Etti Ankri

Admission: 60
NIS. Student: 30
NIS

Thursday, May 14,

8:00 PM

The Book of Ruth

Final session

Numerous commentaries
have been written on the
Book of Ruth, a story that
poses questions regarding
love, social justice,
feminism, and joining the
Jewish People. In this
series we will try to
introduce additional
aspects to the stories of
Ruth, Naomi and Boaz.

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

Ruth and her Friends: A

Feminine Reading of the
Book of Ruth
With: Author, playwright
and screenwriter, Nava
Semel
Thursday, May 14,
8:30 PM

A Simple Story

Eran Zur and the Atar

Paino Trio in a MusicalTheatrical Performance
Based on Agnons "A
Simple Story"
Musician Eran Zur and the
Atar Piano Trio chamber
music ensemble, who
integrate live music,
storytelling and theater in
an unusual concert,
perform A Simple Story,
the famous Agnon
masterpiece.

Admission: 50
NIS. Student: 20
NIS

Sunday, May 17,

8:00 PM

Kicking off the

Month
Rosh Chodesh
Sivan: The Desert

As we begin the week in

which we will read
Parashat Bamidbar, we
will focus on the biblical
and spiritual desert: we
will ask why the Children
of Israel received the
Torah specifically in the
desert, and discuss the
spiritual changes that
journeying through a
desert provides.
Moderator: Prof. Avigdor
Shinan
With: Prof. Yair Zakovitch,
Department of Bible
Studies at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
and the Interdisciplinary
Center Herzliya The
Desert in the Bible: The
Good and the Bad
Lia Naor, nature therapist
and moderator, who
guides groups journeying
deep into the desert A
Journey to the Desert: A
Journey to Oneself
Singalong: Yossi Lev

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced.
The event will be
broadcast live on
the BEIT AVI
CHAI website

Monday, May 18,

8:00 PM

Wisdom of the
Sages 2015
Final session

As we study The Ethics of

the Fathers year after
year, we ask ourselves,
what is new?
Editor and Moderator:
Prof. Avigdor Shinan
On the Destruction of the
Temple, Holocaust and
Memory in The Ethics of
the Fathers

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Advance
reservations are
advised.
The event will be
broadcast live on
the BEIT AVI
CHAI website

Guests: Prof. Yishayahu

Gafni, Department of The
History of the Jewish
People, Hebrew
University, and Dr. Chavi
Dreyfus, Tel Aviv
University and Yad
Vashem
Tuesday, May 19,
8:00 PM

Made In Jerusalem

Jerusalem in the Middle

A Jerusalemite
Arts Festival

Eight poets and poetesses

use words to reinterpret,
separate into its
components, and rebuild
Jerusalem

Youthful Poets

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced.

With: Shachar-Mario
Mordechai, Bacol Serlui,
Yonatan Berg, Tahel
Frosh, Ariel Zinder, Hila
Lahav, Amichai Chasson,
Yair Assulin, and Navit
Barel
Tuesday, May 19,
10:00 PM

Made In Jerusalem

Rising up to the City

A Jerusalemite
Arts Festival

With: Eli Haviv, Yair

Lehman, Tzvia Margaliot,
Dor Kahn, Yonatan
Blumenfeld, Meital
Shapiro, and Ben Sgerski

Stand-Up

Admission: 30
NIS

Wednesday, May
20, 5:00 PM

Wednesday, May
20, 6:30 PM

Made In Jerusalem

A Day in Jerusalem

Children

Admission: 30
NIS for the first
A new and original play for
child, 20 NIS for
children
additional
Directed by: Brachi
children,
Lifschitz
entrance is free
for an
accompanying
adult

Made In Jerusalem

Gallery Talk

A Jerusalemite
Arts Festival

What Seven? Exhibition,

with graphic designers
Dov Abramson (Studio
Dov Abramson) and Eitam
Tubul (Grotesque Design)

A Jerusalemite
Arts Festival

Art

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced.

Wednesday, May
20, 8:00 PM

The philosophy of the

Zionist movement in the
early twentieth century
was influenced by Jewish
culture as well as by
surrounding cultures. New
Core Issues in Early Jewish approaches
Zionism and
thereby developed
Contemporary
alongside disagreements
Times
of the movements goals
and values.
Second session
At each session in this
series we will introduce
two Zionist thinkers
holding differing views.
We will attempt to
understand, with the
wisdom of hindsight, what

Zionism
Takes on
Zionism

the core of their argument

was, how they expressed
their thinking in their
writings and works, and
what they have in common
with present-day Israeli
reality.

The Perfectionist and the

Sanctifier of the Rupture
Brenner and Gordon
Is there a "right" approach to
Jewish history, tradition, and
Jewish sources? Should we
aim for reconciliation and
completion or embrace
disagreement?

Guest: Naama Shaked,

facilitator at Beit Midrash
Elul, writer and artist.

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced.

Wednesday, May
20, 8:00 PM

Made In Jerusalem

Boi Kalla (Come O Bride)

A Jerusalemite
Arts Festival

Bilha Ben Eliyahu in

conversation about
Jerusalem in Hebrew
literature, covering a
range of authors from S.Y.
Agnon, Zelda, Leah
Goldberg, to
contemporary writers.

Literature

Admission: 30
NIS

Music: Neta Elkayam

Wednesday, May
20, 9:30 PM

Made In Jerusalem

Jerusalem Fantasy

A Jerusalemite
Arts Festival

Three short films that take

Jerusalem to distant
regions.

Cinema

Admission: 30
NIS

With directors Talya Lavie,

Benjamin Freidenberg,
and Rotem Kapelinsky
Thursday, May 21,
5:00 PM

Made In Jerusalem
A Jerusalemite
Arts Festival
Children

A Day in Jerusalem

Admission: 30
NIS for the first
A new and original play for
child, 20 NIS for
children
additional
Directed by: Brachi
children,
Lifschitz
entrance is free
for an
accompanying
adult

Thursday, May 21,

9:00 PM

Made In Jerusalem
A Jerusalemite
Arts Festival
Music

Marsh Dondurma and

Friends Celebrate
Jerusalem!
The veteran Jerusalem
orchestra in special
concert celebrating
creativity and inspiration
in the city
Host: Yoav Kutner
Guests: Shai Tsabari,
Mark Eliyahu, The
Hazelnuts, Victoria Hanna

Admission: 60
NIS. Students: 40
NIS

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

An interdisciplinary
evening about love and
loving, including aspects
such as love and
philosophy, the love
between a man and a
woman, the tension
between love and the law,
love in Leah Goldbergs
poems, love as a
commodity, and love
among the ultraorthodox.
Among the participants:
Prof. Moshe Halbertal,
Rabbi Dr. Benny Lau, Dror
Globerman, Bilha Ben
Eliyahu, Ariana Melamed,
Dr. Yair Caspi, Tali Farkash
Among the programs:
Special comedy
performances will take
place in the BEIT AVI CHAI
courtyard
Programs for teenagers in
conjunction with the
Municipal Youth Council
Study sessions for
students and young adults
Special Eshkolot study
program with Dr. Tomer
Persico and Dr. Ruth
Kaniel Kara-Ivanov
Special English program
with Dr. Aviva Zorenberg
and Dr. Daniel Gordis

Love
Shavuot Eve at
BEIT AVI CHAI

Saturday night, May

23, 11:00 PM 4:00
AM

Admission: 50
NIS. Students: 20
NIS

The event will be

broadcast live on
the BEIT AVI
CHAI website

Rabbi Haim Louk, one of

the greatest paytanim of
our time, performs
together with an
ensemble of Israeli
musicians new renditions
of piyutim and songs that
he holds dear to his heart.

Opening a Gate
Rabbi Haim Louks
Personal
Performance

Monday, May 25,

8:30 PM

As they intertwine with his

life story, the songs open
up a gate into Rabbi
Haims personal life, the
life of a paytan, a life in
which cultures,
aspirations, places, and
people sometimes
inherently contradictory
come together, mesh, and
sometimes clash. This is
the place where Rabbi
Haims world of piyut is
formed, a place which is
concomitantly both
turbulent and comforting.
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
The event will be
broadcast live on
the BEIT AVI
CHAI website

A monthly discussion of
well-known and more
obscure ancient texts
about the Land of Israel
relating to the weekly
Torah portion and
contemporary Israeli
society.
Parashat Naso: Jewish
Monks
With: Dr. Michal BarAsher Siegal, the
Department of Jewish
Thought, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev

The Israeli Portion

Wednesday, May
27, 8:00 PM

Admission: 60
NIS. Students: 30
NIS

A new and fascinating

series of original
performances. Each
performance includes a
musical Israeli family who
invite us to enter into
their unique, personal
experience.
The singing families will
perform their well-known
songs as well as those
from the family library,
spiced with stories and
anecdotes that provide an
inner glance into their
music, musical roots and
day to day family life.
This session: The Sadeh
Family - Gaby and Mika
Sadeh

Family Album
A series of acoustic
family
performances.

Wednesday, May
27, 8:30 PM

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

Rav Kook greatly

influenced the Jewish
People and life in the
State of Israel. Eighty
years after his death, we
wish to discuss anew his
teachings, his influence,
his predictions and his
hopes.
A collaboration between
Beit HaRav Kook and BEIT
AVI CHAI. The session
location will alternate
between BEIT AVI CHAI
and Beit HaRav Kook.
Editor and moderator:
Prof. Shalom Rosenberg

The Teachings,
Work, and Figure
of Rav Kook
Marking 80 Years
Since His Passing

Sunday, May 31,

8:00 PM

First session

The State of IsraelA Society of Great

Responsibility or The
Seat of Hashem: Political
fate or spiritual destiny?
With: Rabbi Dr. Yoel BinNun and Prof. Benjamin
Ish-Shalom
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
The event will be
broadcast live on
the BEIT AVI
CHAI website

A monthly discussion of
well-known and more
obscure ancient texts
about the Land of Israel
relating to the weekly
Torah portion and
contemporary Israeli
society.
Parashat Behaalotecha:
On Complaints and
Grievances
Editor and moderator:
Prof. Avigdor Shinan
With: Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Uzi
Levtzur, former IDF
Ombudsman

The Israeli Portion

Monday, June 1,
8:00 PM

Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised

The Farmers and the Fox

A special performance for
the month of Sivan:
A cunning fox comes to a
field of sheaves, where by
the light of the moon he
discovers the secret of
two loving brothers.

Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children

Tuesday, June 2,
5:00 PM

The Farmers and

the Fox

Geared to children age 4

8 years old
Director: Brachi Lifshitz

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

The program will

take place in
English

Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran

Kraus
Moshe Idel, Professor
Emeritus at the Hebrew
University and Senior
Researcher at the Shalom
Hartman Institute
The Religious Landscape
at the Birth of Hasidism
What was the Jewish
landscape and who were
the active religious
denominations as
Hasidism was born?
Bukovina and part of the
Carpathian Mountains at
the end of 17th and early
18th centuries: Christians,
Muslims, Jews and even
Shamanism.

The Birth of East

European
Hasidism
First session

Tuesday, June 2,
8:00 PM

Admission: 60
NIS. Students: 30
NIS

Shlomo Ydov retells his

Dreaming in
Spanish
life story through song,
starting from his
childhood in Argentina
and continuing with his
Aliyah to Israel, where he
went on to become one of
the countrys leading and
greatly appreciated artists.
The show will include
stories and songs which
accompanied his
childhood in Argentina
along with segments from
his latest disc and a
selection of songs from his
rich and varied repertoire
in Hebrew and Spanish,
including several songs
which have become
classics in Israeli music,
among them: Yamim
Levanim (White Days),
Yaldei HaYareach (The
Children of the Moon),
BDerech Elayich (On My
Way to You), Shir Nesia (A
Travel Song), Shir Ben
Arbayim (An Afternoon
Song), Shir Matok (A
Sweet Song) and others.
Ydov will host singer Galit
Giat who will reveal her
deep connection to
Argentinean music in all
its sweeping emotion and
rhythm. A genuine and
moving melting pot.

Tuesday, June 2,
8:30 PM

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced.

The philosophy of the

Zionist movement in the
early twentieth century
was influenced by Jewish
culture as well as by
surrounding cultures. New
Jewish approaches
thereby developed
alongside disagreements
of the movements goals
and values.
At each session in this
series we will introduce
two Zionist thinkers
holding differing views.
We will attempt to
understand, with the
wisdom of hindsight, what
the core of their argument
was, how they expressed
their thinking in their
writings and works, and
what they have in common
with present-day Israeli
reality.

The Intellectual and The

Activist Gordon and Berl
There is a great difference
between a worldview that
is founded on connections
between individuals
such as in Gordons
approach, and an outlook
which holds that willful
organizations and groups
are the main force that
will foment change, as in
Berl Katznelsons
approach. Is there any
connection between this
historic disagreement and
the starting point for
change in present-day
Israel?

Zionism
Takes on
Zionism
Core Issues in Early
Zionism and
Contemporary
Times
Third session

Wednesday, June 3,
8:00 PM

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced.

A documentary film
depicting a journey that
includes Kabbala, heroin,
dance and redemption.
Over the course of a
decade, Yanai Jacob
filmed his dramatically
changing life as well as his
mothers. His mother,
Rebbetzin Feige, a
Holocaust survivor, who
returned to a religiously
observant way of life (a
chozeret btshuva),
married the Admor of
Ashlag, when she was 45
and he was 85 years old.
The Admor taught her the
secrets of Kabbala before
he passed away. Ever
since, Rebbetzin Feige has
been working to save the
world from the atomic
bomb by promulgating
Kabbala. She wanted her
son, Yanai Jacob, to grow
up to be the Messiah who
would help her save the
world, but at 14, he ran
away to the streets of Tel
Aviv and became a drug
addict. He finally ends up
as a filmmaker in
Jerusalem, telling his life
story through the film.
The program includes
screening of The Chaos
Within (Yanai Jacob Lein,
85 minutes, Israel, 2014);
and a discussion with film
researcher Yuval Rivlin,
the films director Yanai
Jacob Lein, and Dr. Melila
Hellner-Eshed

The Chaos Within

Film Screening and
Discussion

Wednesday, June 3,
8:00 PM

Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised

The Farmers and the Fox

A special performance for
the month of Sivan:
A cunning fox comes to a
field of sheaves, where by
the light of the moon he
discovers the secret of
two loving brothers.

Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children

Thursday, June 4,
5:00 PM

The Farmers and

the Fox

Geared to children age 4

8 years old
Director: Brachi Lifshitz

Admission: 60
NIS. Students: 30
NIS

Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran

Kraus
A new and fascinating
series of original
performances. Each
performance includes a
musical Israeli family who
invite us to enter into
their unique, personal
experience.
The singing families will
perform their well-known
songs as well as those
from the family library,
spiced with stories and
anecdotes that provide an
inner glance into their
music, musical roots and
day to day family life.
This session: The Sobol
Family - Yehoshua and
Yahli Sobol

Family Album
A series of acoustic
family
performances.

Thursday, June 4,
8:30 PM

Admission: 50
NIS. Students: 20
NIS

The Jerusalem version of

Romeo and Juliet, a
moving and heartrending
tragedy.
Romano Romano, the son
of Alfa Romano, the King
of the Beggars of France
Square, falls in love with
Brurya Kaplano, a simple
beggar girl from the Pat
Junction, with the earthly
Jerusalem as their
playground.
All the citys beggars get
entangled in a thicket of
lies, plots, love, and
Bratslav CDs

Romano and
Brurya: The
Beggars Comedy

Thursday, June 4,
8:30 PM

Lunar Legends

Monday, June 8,
5:00 PM

With: Orit Gal, Evyatar

Lichtenstadt, Eran Kraus,
and Gadi Weisbart
Music: Nadav Vikinsky
Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised

The Farmers and the Fox

A special performance for
the month of Sivan:
A cunning fox comes to a
field of sheaves, where by
the light of the moon he
discovers the secret of
two loving brothers.
Geared to children age 4
8 years old
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran
Kraus

Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
The Farmers and
the Fox

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced.

Essays, as a literary genre,

receive much less
attention than they
deserve and this renders
the creators of Hebrew
essays largely on the
sidelines. The evening will
be dedicated to the work
of Shlomo Grodzensky, a
unique, gifted Israeli
essayist. Host Shimon
Zandbank, translator,
researcher and essayist,
will discuss Grodzensky and
the role his work plays in
Israeli culture.

Attention Please!
A Tribute to
Shlomo
Grodzensky

Monday, June 8,
8:00 PM

For information
and to book
tickets to the
sessions taking
place at Beit
HaRav Kook,
please call 026232560

Rav Kook greatly

influenced the Jewish
People and life in the
State of Israel. Eighty
years after his death, we
wish to discuss anew his
teachings, his influence,
his predictions and his
hopes.
A collaboration between
Beit HaRav Kook and BEIT
AVI CHAI. The session
location will alternate
between BEIT AVI CHAI
and Beit HaRav Kook.
Editor and moderator:
Prof. Shalom Rosenberg
Dealing with the Deepest
Aspects of the Torahs
Secrets
Gathering the Sparks of
Holiness (nitzotzot) from
within the Shells (klipot).
Rav Kook's Kabbalistic
revelation: The Secrets of
the Letters
With: Rabbi Shlomo Levy,
Rosh Yeshivat Hesder
Rishon LZion,
Rabbi Yosef Elnekave,
Regional Rabbi of former
Gush Kattif residents and
Rabbi Oded David, Rabbi
in Pardes Chana.

The Teachings,
Work, and Figure
of Rav Kook
Marking 80 Years
Since His Passing
Second session

Monday, June 8,
8:00 PM

Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised

The Farmers and the Fox

A special performance for
the month of Sivan:
A cunning fox comes to a
field of sheaves, where by
the light of the moon he
discovers the secret of
two loving brothers.

Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children

Tuesday, June 9,
5:00 PM

The Farmers and

the Fox

Geared to children age 4

8 years old
Director: Brachi Lifshitz

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

The program will

take place in
English

Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran

Kraus
Moshe Idel, Professor
Emeritus at the Hebrew
University and Senior
Researcher at the Shalom
Hartman Institute
Who Was Rabbi Israel ben
Eliezer, the Baal Shem
Tov (the Besht)?
Scant reliable testimonies
of his early years and the
religious evolution and
fame that transformed the
Jewish world are a subject
of great interest. As part
of the series, the Beshts
activity as a magician will
also be explored within
the backdrop of magic and
Kabbalah.

The Birth of East

European
Hasidism
Second session

Tuesday, June 9,
8:00 PM

Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised

The Farmers and the Fox

A special performance for
the month of Sivan:
A cunning fox comes to a
field of sheaves, where by
the light of the moon he
discovers the secret of
two loving brothers.
Geared to children age 4
8 years old
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran
Kraus

Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
The Farmers and
the Fox

Thursday, June 11,

5:00 PM

Admission: 50
NIS. Student: 30
NIS

Three contemporary
artists pay tribute to
Israels greatest trios:
HaChalonot HaGvohim
(The High Windows),
HaNeshamot HaTehorot
(The Pure Souls),
HaShlosharim, Shokolad
Menta Mastik (Chocolate,
Mint, Gum), Gesher
HaYarkon (The Yarkon
Bridge), and Af Ozen
Garon (Ear, Nose and
Throat).
The three vocalists will
present a selection of
greatest hits in refreshing
and surprising
arrangements, as they
introduce unique and
different hues in these
beloved songs. The
performance will include
favorites such as Eynech
Yechola (You Cant Leave
Me), Kol HaShavua Lach
(The Entire Week is
Yours), Zemer Noge (Can
You Hear my Voice), Mi
Mefached MGeveret
Levin (Who is Afraid of
Mrs. Levin), Achake Lach (I
Shall Wait for You),
Serenada Lach (A
Serenade for You),
HaOhavim et HaAviv (The
Lovers of Spring) and
many others.

The Shlosharot
Raz Shmueli, Aya
Korem, Michal
Geva

Thursday, June 11,

8:30 PM

Admission: 50
NIS. Student: 20
NIS

Gil Kopatch leads a team

of stand-up comedians as
they present the Torah
portion with their own
interpretations.

Stand-Up Comedy
The Weekly Torah
Portion
Underground

Thursday, June 11,

9:00 PM

Parashat Shlach Lecha

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

With: Eli Haviv, Amit

Hershkovitz, Alon
Newman and Rabbi Ztukl
Rav Kook greatly
influenced the Jewish
People and life in the
State of Israel. Eighty
years after his death, we
wish to discuss anew his
teachings, his influence,
his predictions and his
hopes.
A collaboration between
Beit HaRav Kook and BEIT
AVI CHAI. The session
location will alternate
between BEIT AVI CHAI
and Beit HaRav Kook.
Editor and moderator:
Prof. Shalom Rosenberg
I am Ensnared in the War
from Right and from Left:
On Rav Kooks teachings
envisioning our future
With: Details to follow

The Teachings,
Work, and Figure
of Rav Kook
Marking 80 Years
Since His Passing
Third session

Sunday, June 14,

8:00 PM

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

Years after his painful

abandonment, the love of
Iriss youth comes back
into her life, bringing with
him joy and passion, and
an abundance of
memories, both sweet and
bittersweet. Iris, now a
successful school
principal, was injured in a
terrorist attack a decade
earlier. Her life now, with
a husband and children, is
demanding and hectic;
with the reappearance of
her old love, it seems that
everything is indicating to
her to embrace this newold love presented to her
in an apparent second
chance that she must not
forgo.
The program:
Opening remarks: Avner
HaCohen, clinical
psychologist
Author Zeruya Shalev in
conversation with Bilha
Ben Eliyahu, The Kerem
Institute and David Yellin
College

Pain
An Evening in
Honor of Zeruya
Shalevs New Book

Monday, June 15,

8:00 PM

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

The program will

take place in
English

Moshe Idel, Professor

Emeritus at the Hebrew
University and Senior
Researcher at the Shalom
Hartman Institute

The Birth of East

European
Hasidism

Tuesday, June 16,

8:00 PM

Third session

Fascinating Followers:
The great Maggid of
Mezritch, R. Jacob Joseph
of Polonnoye and R.
Menahem Nahum of
Chernobyl
The writings and activity
of the three main
followers of the Besht will
be explored, each with
their perspective of their
masters thought,
contribution to the
dissemination of his
teachings, and role in the
creation and expansion of
the movement. A reading
of the famous parable of
the Walls will describe the
varying attitudes to The
Beshts thought and
teachings.

Admission: 60
NIS. Student: 30
NIS

Songs and the Stories

Behind Them

Stories in Mono
Arkadi Duchin

The popular series,

moderated by Yoav
Kutner, returns. The
sessions will combine
personal stories,
discussions with the
audience, intimate shows
and special performances.
With: Arkadi Duchin

Tuesday, June 16,

9:00 PM

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

An Evening in Honor of
Poetess Dana Lubinskys
Debut Book
From the entry point to
words to the point where
we no longer need to
mince words
On the seam line between
body and language
And the passage between
the therapy room to a
room of ones own
Editor and moderator:
Amichai Chasson
With: Dana Lubinsky,
Shira Stav, Ruchama
Weiss and Yali Shner
Music: Ruth Dolores
Weiss

Without a
Tuesday, June 16,
Covenant, Without 9:00 PM
Words

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced.

The philosophy of the

Zionist movement in the
early twentieth century
was influenced by Jewish
culture as well as by
surrounding cultures. New
Jewish approaches
thereby developed
alongside disagreements
of the movements goals
and values.
At each session in this
series we will introduce
two Zionist thinkers
holding differing views.
We will attempt to
understand, with the
wisdom of hindsight, what
the core of their argument
was, how they expressed
their thinking in their
writings and works, and
what they have in common
with present-day Israeli
reality.

The All-together Man

and The Man of Majesty
Berl and Jabotinsky
The values of Zeev
Jabotinsky and Berl
Katznelson contain
opposing visions: At the
center of Jabotinskys
Zionist vision stands the
military-political war,
whereas Katznelson
focused on agricultural,
social, and cultural
endeavors. What is the
vision that comes through
in their letters - and what
can we learn from them
about ideological disputes
in contemporary Israel?

Zionism
Takes on
Zionism
Core Issues in Early
Zionism and
Contemporary
Times
Fourth session

Wednesday, June
17, 8:00 PM

Admission: 50
NIS. Student: 20
NIS

The event will be

broadcast live on
the BEIT AVI
CHAI website

The Weekly Torah Portion

on its Head

Kalabat Shabbat
with Jackie Levy

Wednesday, June
17, 9:00 PM

Kicking off the

Month

Thursday, June 18,

8:00 PM

Parashat Korach Shul

of Rock
Who will win the terrifying
battle between two
gabaim at the funniest
shul in the country?
With: Gadi Weissbart,
Eran Kraus, Yair Lehman,
Galit Tzabari, and Nadav
Vikinsky

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced.
The event will be
broadcast live on
the BEIT AVI
CHAI website

Snakes take front stage in

Parashat Chukat, in their
role as handing out
retribution to the Children
of Israel as well as a cure
for that which ails the
nation. In tribute to these
reptiles, this Rosh
Chodesh we will focus on
the snakes image in
Midrash and Kabbala, and
attempt to learn more
about snakes in Israel.
With:
Dr. Mor Altshuler,
researcher of Jewish
Thought and lecturer at
the Kibbutzim College
(Seminar Hakibbutzim)
From Paradise to the
Messiah: The Snake in
Midrash and Kabbala
Dr. Boaz Shaham,
National Collections of
Natural History, The
Hebrew University of
Jerusalem The Skinny on
Snakes: Snakes in Israel
Singalong: Yehudah
Greenbaum

Rosh Chodesh
Tammuz: Snakes

Admission: 50
NIS. Student: 20
NIS

New Orleans Function,

whose classical, New
Orleans style jazz joins
with vocalist and
drummer Iris Portugaly in
a unique show in which
they present new
interpretation to songs
from Israeli musicals.
Together, they will
perform favorite hits such
as LMi Yesh Yoter Kavod
(Who Has More Honor)
and Roza from Kazablan,
Shir HaSandlar (The
Shoemakers Song) from
Shlomo HaMelech
VShalmai HaSandler (King
Solomon and Shalmai the
Shoemaker), Venezuela
from Af Mila
LMorgenstern (Not a
Word to Morgenstern), Li
VLach (To Me and You)
and Kama Banim (How
Many Children) from
Salach Shabati, and many
other favorite oldies.
The songs will include
impromptu jams, humor
and charm, alongside
segments from the bands
jazzy repertoire.

Who Has More

Honor
New Orleans
Function host Iris
Portugaly

Thursday, June 18,

8:30 PM

For information
and to book
tickets to the
sessions taking
place at Beit
HaRav Kook,
please call 026232560

Rav Kook greatly

influenced the Jewish
People and life in the
State of Israel. Eighty
years after his death, we
wish to discuss anew his
teachings, his influence,
his predictions and his
hopes.
A collaboration between
Beit HaRav Kook and BEIT
AVI CHAI. The session
location will alternate
between BEIT AVI CHAI
and Beit HaRav Kook.
Editor and moderator:
Prof. Shalom Rosenberg
Even a Weak Man as I
Would Say, I am Brave
and Shall not Prefer One
Man Over Another in
Gods War.to Fulfill the
Precept of Settling the
Land of Israel
Rav Kooks world of
Halacha
With: Rabbi Yaakov Ariel,
Chief Rabbi of Ramat Gan
Rabbi Aryeh Stern, Chief
Rabbi of Jerusalem,
Rabbi Prof. Neria Guttel,
President, Orot Yisrael
College in Elkana

The Teachings,
Work, and Figure
of Rav Kook
Marking 80 Years
Since His Passing
Fourth session

Monday, June 22,

8:00 PM

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

The program will

take place in
English

Moshe Idel, Professor

Emeritus at the Hebrew
University and Senior
Researcher at the Shalom
Hartman Institute
The Emergence of a
Popular Mystical
Movement
Despite intense
opposition, how did the
small, closed groups of
Hasidim in Eastern Europe
grow to become a major
Jewish movement
transforming large parts of
Jewry? What exactly took
place and how did
Hasidism become such a
powerful force?

The Birth of East

European
Hasidism
Final session

Tuesday, June 23,

8:00 PM

Admission: 50
NIS. Student: 20
NIS

A musical project
dedicated to the songs
written and sung by Yossi
Bannai that have become
part and parcel of the
Israeli soundtrack. Shai
Zelman, drummer and
musical producer, created
new arrangements for
Bannais much-loved
songs. He will be
accompanied on stage
with a leading, well-known
group of jazz musicians
along with Anya Bukstein,
the stage performer and
singer, whose first album
containing all-original
music was received to
wide acclaim. Together,
they will attempt to
convey through words and
tunes the unique magic of
Yossi Bannai.
Their repertoire will
include Al Kol Ele (For All
of These Things), Ani
VSimon VMoize HaKatan
(Me and Simon and Little
Moize), Shikor VLo
MYayin (Drunk, but Not
From Wine), Lo Evakesh Et
Yadech (I Will Not Ask For
Your Hand) and many
others.
Host: Erez Bar Noy

If We Knew How
to Love

Anya Bukstein
sings Yossi Bannai

Tuesday, June 23,

8:30 PM

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

Rav Kook greatly

influenced the Jewish
People and life in the
State of Israel. Eighty
years after his death, we
wish to discuss anew his
teachings, his influence,
his predictions and his
This session is for hopes.
both Hebrew and A collaboration between
English speakers Beit HaRav Kook and BEIT
AVI CHAI. The session
location will alternate
between BEIT AVI CHAI
and Beit HaRav Kook.
Editor and moderator:
Prof. Shalom Rosenberg
And a New Generation
Shall Rise Up to Live and
Sing of Beauty and Life
A musical journey into Rav
Kooks soul and vision
with HaOrot ensemble
With: Shai Bachar
Musical Director,
Rabbi Itzchak
Marmorstein Words

The Teachings,
Work, and Figure
of Rav Kook
Marking 80 Years
Since His Passing
The final session

Sunday, June 28,

8:00 PM

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

In the Footsteps of the

Book of Eicha in Jewish,
Israeli and World Culture
The Book of Eicha and its
lamentations on the
destruction of Jerusalem
and the exile of its
residents are the central
text of the Eve of Tisha
BAv.
A series of four sessions
on the Book of Eicha in the
Bible; its relevant
midrashim; musical works
inspired by the Book; and
the images of destruction
in Israeli film.
The City, The Home, The
Heart - Eicha in Cinema
Lecturer: Yuval Rivlin, film
researcher

Eicha
First session

Monday, June 29,

8:00 PM

Admission: 50
NIS. Student: 20
NIS

A multidisciplinary
Half Colors, Half
performance tracing the
Voices
footsteps of Rachel the
Poetess, through her
poems and life story,
integrating music, poetry,
video-art and archival
material. Ehud Ettun and
Uriel Herman composed
the songs for their album
Half Colors, Half Voices.
The two bring to the show
their musical wealth,
which runs the gamut
from classical to jazz,
merging pitch-perfect with
Rachels unique texts.
Special Guest: Mark
Eliyahu

Tuesday, June 30,

8:30 PM